Appeals for Lewis Rights: Garri son Villard Denounces Bar Association Action
Oswald Garri son Villard, president of the Evening Post and NAACP board chair, attacks the American Bar Association’s move to rescind William H. Lewis’s membership. Attorney-General Wickersham condemned the action and Villard urges Ledyard to consider the race prejudice involved.
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New York
Oswald Garrison Villard
The
Evening Post
National Association For Colored People
William H. Lewis
American Bar Association
Wickersham
Lewis
Willard
Ledyard
Plane flight over New York lowers bay thrills for Coffyns
Mrs. Frank Coffyn and her seven year old son Kingsley Coffyn took a ride in a hydro airplane over New York today. They viewed the lower bay as Frank Coffyn piloted the craft for a sightseeing flight.
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New York
Frank Coffyn
Kingsley Coffyn
Lower Bay
Lower Manhattan
Mothers Should Investigate Tunnel Bargain Basement Grabs
The notice highlights lots of girls' apparel in the Tunnel Bargain Basement offered at extraordinary prices. Items will sell quickly as prices drop 25 percent weekly after the first two weeks, following automatic price reductions logic.
Middlesex Grand Jury Returns 43 True Bills
The Middlesex grand jury reported forty three true bills and five no bills yesterday to Judge McLaughlin in the Superior Criminal Court East Cambridge marking one of the largest indictment lists in the county history.
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Middlesex
McLaughlin
Superior Criminal Court
East Cambridge
Indictments Include Carter Cambridge Airshipbuilder and Other Cases
The list names Theodore Carter of Jamaica Plain indicted and pleading guilty to three counts forging Dr Samuel A Eliot’s signature to checks to fund airship plans. Carl Jensen of Cambridge pleads guilty to six counts of breaking and entering. Harry Eddels, a Winthrop boxer, indicted for assault with a dangerous weapon on William A Coughlin. Donald Church indicted for abducting Florence L Barthelemy. Ethel Kimball alias Ethel Wilson indicted and pleads guilty to forging two $35 checks. Alfred D Shea receives no bill after allegations of illegal operation.
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Theodore Carter
Jamaica Plain
Samuel A. Eliot
Emeritus Eliot
Harvard
Carl Jensen
Cambridge
Harry Eddels
William A.coughlin
Prospect Street
Donald Church
Florence L. Barthelemy
Eddell
Ethel ‘Kimball
Ethel Wilson
Malden
Alfred D. Shea
Massachusetts Avenue
Will Leaves $25 000 in Public Bequests
Worcester March 8 Public bequests totalling $25 000 are in the will of former Mayor Edward L Davis filed for probate. The estate exceeds $1 000 000 with most going to family. The American Antiquarian Society and Worcester County Musical Association receive 8000 each while the Episcopal Theological School at Cambridge and All Saints Church Worcester get 2000 each.
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Worcester
Edward Ll. Davis
Davis
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester County Musical Association
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
All Saints Church
Yeamans Diamonds Left to Charles Dillingham
In her will probated today the actress Annie Yeamans leaves diamonds to her longtime friend Charles Dillingham. She requests the diamonds be made into a ring and worn in memory of her, marking him as her best and truest friend.
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New York
Annie Yeamans
Charles Dillingham
Woman Tries Leap From Train In Chicago
Mrs Anna White of San Diego California was taken from a Santa Fe train in Chicago as it was speeding after an alleged attempt to jump. A physician will examine her mental state. She was bound for relatives in Boston.
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Chicago
Anna White
San Diego
Cal
Santa Fe
Capital Punishment Abolition Bill Defeated in House
The measure to abolish capital punishment failed, with 172 voting against and 53 in support, a larger margin than previously reported where 61-42 had appeared. The outcome preserves the existing death penalty policy.
Sweden consul confirms identity of Chelsea railroad victim
John Nilsson, killed at a Chelsea railroad crossing on December 4, 1911, was ruled by Judge Jenney yesterday to be John Nilsson, a Swede, not John Nelson an Irishman and brother of Mrs. Jane Noble who sought exhumation. The decision followed a bill in equity filed by Berger G A Rosen twist the Swedish vice consul who oversaw the body and burial.
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John Nilsson
Chelsea
Jenney
John Nelson
Jane Noble
Berger G. A. Rosentwist
Judge Bosson Raps Grade Crossings
Judge Albert D. Bosson of Chelsea District Court in the inquest report on John Nelson's death last December at the grade crossing on Eastern avenue denounces five crossings in Chelsea as a menace to life and limb and says the public shares responsibility if conditions persist.
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Bosson
Albert D. Bosson
Chelsea District Court
John Nelson
Eastern Avenue
Death penalty bill defeat endangers Richeson in jail
The Legislature's failure to pass the death penalty abolition bill signals the likely end for Clarence V. T. Richeson, who remains jailed on ongoing case matters at Charles Street jail awaiting final disposition.
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Clarence
Legislature Passes on Abolishing Capital Punishment
The Governor’s Council showed strong interest in abolishing capital punishment. The Richeson case drives the decisive vote, with the prospect of Richeson’s execution during the week of May 19. A commutation petition may come, but council action is unlikely.
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Avis Linnell
Richeson
Curtice couple celebrate silver wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Harry H Curtice Jr of 78 Adams Street Dorchester marked the 25th anniversary of their wedding with a reception last evening at Oberts Ballroom Mattapan. About 200 guests attended many from the Quincy House where Curtice has served as a day clerk for five years.
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Harry H. Curtice, Jr
Adams Street
Dorchester
Obert
Mattapan
Quincy House
Curtice
Train Crash Kills Italian Worker as Fog Wrecks Rochester Line
One person died and about 12 were injured when a work train backed into a passenger train near Victor New York on the Rochester and Eastern Electric line. The dead man and three seriously injured are Italians employed by the road. others sustained minor injuries.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rochester & Eastern Electric
Victor
Brom o Quinine Laxative Ad Claims One Day Cold Cure
An old advertisement touts a laxative product Brom o Quinine from E. W. Grove. It promotes a sign for curing a cold in one day and is priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Warning on subsidy for Kingston steamship line to Canada
Kingston March 8 merchants here are lukewarm in supporting a proposed subsidy to a steamship line to Canada with Boston as a port of call. A meeting was held this afternoon to consider the proposal and newspapers share a cautious stance in light of the New York Produce Exchange backing Kingston as a port of call for American vessels using the Panama Canal.
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Kingston
Canada
Boston
New York Produce Exchange
Panama Canal
Temperance Rally At Cathedral Hall In Malden Street
A Catholic temperance rally will be held Monday evening in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross school hall Malden Street rear of the Cathedral. Rt Rev Mgr M J Splaine D D rector will preside and lead the meeting approved by the Cardinal to spur temperance work across the city.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Malden Street
Mgr. M. J. Splaine
Rich recluse never heard of Roosevelt
New York March 8 Andrew Johnson successor to Lincoln is still in the White House as Samuel E Haslett and alienists report to the commission examining the sanity of a wealthy Brooklyn recluse. The old man knows nothing of Roosevelt Taft Bryan or the 44 years since Lincoln’s era.
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New York
Andrew Johnson
Lincoln
White House
Samuel E. Haslett
Brooklyn
Cluse
Roosevelt
Taft
William J. Bryan
Son Returns After 10 Years Missing
Arthur S. Campbell arrived back at his Manchester New Hampshire home after ten years away roaming the Western plains. He had left in October 1902 and surprised his aging parents during their noonday meal at the family residence on the outskirts of Manchester.
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Manchester
N. H
Arthur S. Campbell
Remarkable effort to save life of small French bulldog
A seven month old French bulldog belonging to George R. Wadsworth II was brought from Cleveland to a Back Bay dog hospital. Dr F Wadsworth of 26 Cummington Street oversees daily care with egg and cream feeds and liver oil. The dog, under constant watch, improved enough to walk outside his ward as a bandaged throat kept with liniment.
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George R. Wadsworth
Cleveland
M Wadsworth
Twentieth Century Limited
Wadswo
F. Wadsworth
Cummington Stree
Back Bay
Dr. Wadsworth
Harvard Doctors Putnam and Bradford Resign Professorships
Two leading Harvard Medical School professors, James J. Putnam and Edn H. Bradford, resigned from their chairs. The reasons were not publicly stated, and the announcement was made yesterday.
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Harvard Medical School
James J. Putnam
Edn H. Bradford
Who startled the world with the Los Angeles Dynamite Case unraveling
A key person emerged who cracked the Los Angeles Dynamite Case, exposing hidden motives and bringing new evidence to light, shocking investigators and the public alike. The breakthrough shifted the case’s pace and redefined suspects and timelines.
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Los Angeles
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